Meeting Minutes December 10, 2015

Attendees (17):
Rose Defa, Liz Sherlock, Frank Lilly, Brian Rollo, Susan Marks, Danny Schoenfeld, Shannon Tilly, Jennie Ferguson, Justin Powell,  Margreta Hjorth-Vlasic, Sonia Woodbury, Mustafa Celebi, Linda Book, Stephanie Chard, Marty Gelman, Ladd Tanner, and Judy Zone.

The meeting was chaired by Danny Schoenfeld. Meeting held at the Training Table.  Danny apologized for snafu that required cancellation of December 3rd meeting.

Guests:
Max Calleja (exchange student), Holly Thompson, a nurse who was a guest of Linda Book, has been a Rotoract from Minnesota, and Sheila Gelman.

Social:
Rose stated that at the next meeting the social events for the year will be discussed.

By-laws:
The club needs 1/3 of the members to make changes to the by-laws. A copy was passed which incorporates the proposed changes. It was suggested to change the requirements to a majority for changes to the by-laws and whenever by-laws are amended. Also when a proxy is used a notification must be at least 24 hours before the meeting.

Stephanie Chard made a motion to approve the by-law changes, seconded by Marty Gelman.

The motion passed unanimously.

Service Projects:
Family mentoring is ongoing. Rachel Sanders & family liaison will assist. The IRC project was last Saturday. Families need books, pencils, notebooks. Laurie, Christine and Marty will make a list of items needed for a Nov/Dec service project, suggested by Margreta.

Other Notes:
Rose Defa shared a Rotary Moment relating to refugee families

Judy Zone shared some of her life story.

Next meeting January 7th, Café Madrid.

Meeting adjourned.

Meeting Minutes November 12, 2015

Attendees (14):
Rose Defa, Liz Sherlock, Frank Lilly, Brian Rollo,  Laurie Summers-Pisani, Susan Marks, Danny Schoenfeld, Shannon Tilly,  Chris Casper, Jennie Ferguson, Justin Powell,  Margreta Hjorth-Vlasic, Sonia Woodbury, Mustafa Celebi and Jim Schott.

The meeting was chaired by Danny Schoenfeld.

Guests:

Max Calleja (exchange student), Shaun Mitchel (District Governor next year), and Can Cinbis (prospective member].

Notes:

The Four Way test was recited.

Social: This month the social will be dinner and a play at Hale Theater, November 19th. Dinner at 5:45, BYOB and own corkscrew. It will be at Zabita Grill, 3460 So. Redwood Road, a Pakistani restaurant and Ladd has made arrangements for a family style dinner. Cost will be $26.71. Please bring your checkbook to pay Ladd as they want one check for the whole group. No credit cards. Also Rose needs to be reimbursed for the play tickets at $30.00 per person.

Shaun Mitchell shared a Rotary moment, how he started in Rotary 15 years ago to help a friend. This week he rescued a lamb he found in the mud after taking a friend for a ride in the mountains.

Service Projects:

Family mentoring is ongoing. Rachel Sanders & family liaison will assist. The IRC project was last Saturday. Families need books, pencils, notebooks. Laurie, Christine and Marty will make a list of items needed for a Nov/Dec service project, suggested by Margreta.

Chris Casper described their refugee family which is from Tanzania. There are 5 children ages 17-6. Martie, Sheila & Ladd have the 2d family, a mother with 7 children from Burma. The father recently died.

Laurie brought plastic crates for each member of the first family, labelled with a family member’s name. Members volunteered to fill the boxes with needed items. Laurie volunteered to provide similar boxes the the 2nd family at the next meeting.

Assignments were:

1st family:

• Marianne (mom): Susan
• Gaudance (17 y/o girl): Rose
• Twomday (11 y/o boy): Frank
• Delphine (14 y/o girl): Brian
• Natasha (6 y/o girl): Jim
• John Claude (8 y/o boy): Jennie & Sonia

2nd family:

• Far Non Chan (12 y/o boy): Max & Christine
• Ahme Ahr (mom): Laurie
• Ar Mat Khan (10 y/o boy) Justin
• Ar Sit Kham (11 y/o boy) Rose
• Ra Ma Za (20 y/o girl): Sonia
• Sar Ke Da Khan (18 y/o boy): Marty
• Smee Lar: (9 y/o girl): Liz
• Ra He nar (13 y/o girl): Margreta

Notes (cont'd):

Guest Can Cinbis is a prospective member, interested in joining the club. He was given an application.

Max Calleja, exchange student, is doing well, has now experienced snow, wants to learn to snowboard.

Xmas party will be Saturday December 5th at Stephanie Chard’s house. Bring sides, wine and hors d’oeuvres. She will be making a stew. She will send an invitation, needs RSVP.

Social: Dec. 20th possible group attendance at Tabernacle Choir practice, then brunch. More details to follow.

Membership update: Jim contacted the Rotoracts from last meeting to discuss partnering.

Danny discussed bylaw changes and handed out prospective changes. These are necessary because of possible irregularities in how the new president was elected. They will be introduced at Dec. 3rd meeting.

Frank stated that these changes will be discussed and voted on at the next meeting. Need 1/2 to 2/3 of the members present to make their opinions known.

Frank gave the treasurer’s update. He passed out a detailed report he had prepared which he will email to each member. His conclusion is that although there was some lack of follow-through by the previous treasurer, there is no evidence of malfeasance.  He has sent statements of account to each member and wants all of the accounts reconciled by December 1st. He discussed details of Wine into Water and Nepal fund issues.

Next Meeting December 5th.

Meeting adjourned.

Meeting Minutes November 5, 2015

Attendees (14):

Rose Defa, Liz Sherlock, Brian Rollo,  Laurie Summers-Pisani, Susan Marks, Ladd Tanner, Shannon Tilly,  Chris Casper, Stephanie Chard, Jennie Ferguson, Marty Gelman, Margreta Hjorth-Vlasic, Sonia Woodbury and Judy Zone.

The meeting was chaired by Ladd Tanner.

Guests:
Max Calleja (exchange student), Dianna Forster (friend of Ladd Tanner), Jenny Larsen (from Rotoract club at U of U), and Nathan Guyer (from Rotoract club at Westminster). Laura Jacobs (also from U of U Rotoract).

Notes:

The Four Way test was recited.

Social: This month the social will be dinner and a play at Hale Theater, November 19th. Dinner at 5:45, BYOB and own corkscrew. It will be at Zabita Grill, 3460 So. Redwood Road, a Pakistani restaurant and Ladd has made arrangements for a family style dinner. Cost will be $25.00. Please bring your checkbook to pay Ladd as they want one check for the whole group. No credit cards. Also Rose needs to be reimbursed for the play tickets.

Service Projects: Family mentoring is ongoing. Rachel Sanders & family liaison will assist. The

IRC project was last Saturday. Families need books, pencils, notebooks. Laurie, Christine and

Marty will make a list of items needed for a Nov/Dec service project, suggested by Margreta.

Guest Diana Forster, friend of Ladd Tanner, works at Oracle.

Guest Jennie Larsen from the U of U Rotoract club says she wants to get involved, get their club going more. She attended IRC event.

Guest Nathan Geyer from the Westminster Rotoract agreed and wants more involvement for  his club as well. At their meeting November 18th the District Governor is coming, would like to invite any of us to attend if possible.

Ladd Tanner discussed the possibility of a mentoring program for Rotoract members. Shannon

Tilly and Jim Schott will look into this.

Max Calleja, exchange student, is doing well, able to study more now that sport season is over.

Brian Rollo’s daughter, Lydia in France is doing well. Will send an update.

Xmas party will be Saturday December 5th at Stephanie Chard’s house. Bring sides and hors d’oeuvres.

Social: Dec. 20th possible group attendance at Tabernacle Choir practice, then brunch. More details to follow.

Membership update: Induction for Jim Schott and Justin Powell scheduled for next meeting.

Laurie Summers reminded members to keep looking for a new place for Wine into Water next fall.

Next Meeting November 12th, followed by a board meeting. All invited.

Meeting adjourned.

Trick or Treat for warm winter clothes

Many thanks to all the club members who donated warm winter clothes to the IRC donation day on Halloween. Many thanks too the club members who helped with the clothing distribution drive on Halloween. Here are some photos from this fun service project!

Join us for Oktoberfest!

Please attend our annual club retreat!

Agenda: 

1. Treasurer's & Secretary's Report
2. Your input on membership retention and outreach
3. Strengthening our Local, International, Vocational, and Youth Service Committee work
4. Club Public Relations and Social Media brainstorm
5. An overview of The Rotary Foundation & how we can use it to grow our club's impact. 

Meeting Minutes October 1, 2015

Attendees (12):

• Rose Defa
• Liz Sherlock
• Brian Rollo
• Laurie Summers-Pisani
• Susan Marks
• Danny Schoenfield
• Shannon Tilly
• Jim Schott
• Justin Powell
• Erin Brinton
• Chris Casper
• Stephanie Chard
• Judy Zone

The meeting was chaired by Danny Schoenfield.

Guests:

• Max Calleja (exchange student)
• Dianne Cochrane and husband Gene (guests of Shannon Tilley)
• Hal Weight
• Glade Hamilton, District Governor, and his wife Vicky.

Notes:

• Final details about Wine into Water were discussed. It brought in $ 7500 thus exceeding our goal for the global grant.
• Social: This month the social will be at Liz Sherlock’s house, 934 E Pennsylvania Place, SLC, 6-8:30. It is our annual Oktoberfest and an invitation will be sent out through email with details.
• Retreat: October 17th 9-12 am, Cottonwood Club.
• The Rotary International President will be in town on October 16th for the Parliament of World Religions. A dinner in his honor will be held at the Marriott Downtown City Center. 6-7 pm social hour, dinner at 7 pm. Cost: $30.00. Please make checks out to the club.  It is also possible to volunteer for the Parliament of World Religions and get a discount to attend. Danny will send info on this. 
• Glade Hamilton, District Governor gave a presentation along with his wife, Vicky. 
• She described being a brain tumor survivor and how it had changed her life. 
• Glade discussed how effective the Rotary campaign against polio had been, only 41 Cases this year compared to 350,000 in 1985.  
• He also discussed the theme of Rotary President that we all have gifts to give. He mentioned 4 areas of focus: 
• 1. New Generations (RYLA); 
• 2. Membership; 
• 3. Rotary Foundation (increase giving); 
• 4. Attendance at District events such as District Assembly and District Conferences.  
• RCOM goals in these areas: 
• 1. Send 2 youths to RYLA; 
• 2. Grow by 3 members; 
• 3. Send $2326 to the Rotary Foundation; 
• 4. Participate in District events, 4 to Assembly, 1 for Conference May 5-7th.

Coming Events:

• Dinner October 16
• Retreat October 17th
• Oktoberfest October 17th (evening).